@bob: "I just tasted some pumpkin.  It is better than butternut squash.  I think 
butternut squash is bland and boring.  It is available most of the year.
I just fried some pumpkin, and it is way better than butternut squash, but I 
bet you cannot buy one tomorrow.
Bob "
    @donaldmckercher: ""Bob Smith" <bob@nospamplease> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
I know they are available here until the last week in November...I usually 
steam some and put it in the freezer for the times I can not get any.
Mary McK"
    @bob: ""Mary McK" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:dk6n2s$tsp$<email_address>
<quote>
Unfortunately I roasted all the seeds before I tasted the flesh.  I think I 
will buy some seeds so I can have them for a longer period next year.
BTW I love the seeds roasted.  I saw this recipe and gave them a go a couple 
of years ago.  <url>
Bob "
    @bob: ""Mary McK" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:dk6n2s$tsp$<email_address>
<quote>
I found one in Sainsburys.  About 8 inches across, sold as an "edible 
pumpkin".  Maybe they will have a longer product lifespan, because they are 
not aimed at one specific day.
It tasted the same as the scary variety.
I saved some seeds for next year, and the rest are in the freezer awaiting 
roasting.
Bob "
    @bob: ""VinceH (real address)" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
So you could be on the royal variety performance next crimbo then?
Bob "
    @bob: ""VinceH (real address)" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
So your coach will have an easy job then.
Bob "
    @hpttrsn: "Bob Smith bob@nospamplease: 
<quote>
Sainsbury's Produce Department worker here: sorry, we only stock pumpkins 
around Halloween since like turkeys they don't sell out of season. We do 
have squashes other than butternut, ask your branch to order 'mixed case 
squash' which has an assortment.
"I just might be the angel at your door"
A medieval spreadsheet and enturbulating entheta.
<url>"
    @bob: ""Hartley Patterson" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
That's what I mean - they are out of season because there is only 1 day in 
the season.  To me, the season is whilever pumpkins are being produced, plus 
the storage period.  If people tasted them, they would want them all year 
round.
As for ordering them, my local Savacentre has recently downgraded to 
Sainsburys, both decreasing floorspace and lines and increasing prices at 
the same time.  I think it is unlikely that they will order extra lines.
Upon being asked for pumpkins, the fresh produce bloke said he had never 
tried pumpkin, and wondered why anyone would want one.  So much for the "try 
something new" catch phrase.
Bob "
{'source': 'USENET', 'other_information': '{"reply_count": 7, "forum_name": "alt.babylon5.uk.20140612.mbox"}', 'file': 'data/output/usenet-alt.babylon5.parquet'}